We had a *bad* experience with Wubi; somebody lost his computer (I think it was the second Andrew, not Hawryluk.
I think we should not recommend wubi. Carl On 7/1/09 11:50 AM, "Jonathan Kulp" <jonlancek...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark Polesky wrote: >> Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) wrote: >>>>> 1) Memory: use the recommended base size of 384 MB? >>>> As long as there's enough memory to run things, you're OK. >>>> Extra memory needs will be met by using virtual memory (on the >>>> hard disk). >>> Well, I would recommend _at least_ 384MB, but running two OS'es >>> at the same time on a computer with 0.5G RAM can be hard. >> >> Actually, VirtualBox will not let me use less than 75% of my host >> RAM. So I can set it to 377 MB at the most. Should I quit now, or >> see if it can work? At the moment, I just want to compile the docs. >> >> I'll wait for some advice before I proceed this time! >> - Mark >> > > I don't think it can hurt anything if you set your virtual RAM to > 377. It'll probably go sort of slow on Windows. I assume it's XP > you're running, right? XP can probably survive on the remaining > RAM while the virtual machine is running. > > If you run into a wall here, you might try installing Ubuntu via > Wubi (http://wubi-installer.org/), which installs Ubuntu from > inside Windows, creating a dual-boot setup without having to > repartition. I don't think you could use the lilybuntu.iso with > Wubi (it does a network install, not a CD or iso install), but I > could provide you with the shell script I used to install all of > the Lilypond build dependencies. Downside is that you'd have to > reboot to go into the Linux side, but at least there'd be enough RAM. > > Jon > > p.s. Could your machine handle a RAM upgrade, or is it maxed out > already? I have two 1GB sticks of laptop RAM that I'm not using > anymore, and if they were compatible with your machine I'd be > happy to send you one or both. > -- > Jonathan Kulp > http://www.jonathankulp.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
